Комментарий от Sockgoblin

However, because it's from Archaeology, I have a strong feeling you can only obtain one per character. However I'm not on beta, nor do I wish to lurk and find out for myself.

Комментарий от Justhavocman

1hander with str ! DW DKS REJOICE!

Комментарий от Fox24

In my opinion, since it is a level85 item, and an epic, i'm going to assume that the current scimitar model is a place holder, and that it will in fact look like its Kopesh icon when it is seen ingame in Cataclysm.

My two cents.

Комментарий от Chaosmancer

It is "Binds to account"? Is this a mistake or will you be able to send this item to your warrior in case you find it on one of your other toons?

Комментарий от piggyhoyhoy

Комментарий от Seref

Would it be possible to "dig" this up twice on the same char? Or would you have to discover it on 2 seperate chars and mail it to the same char to DW this bad boy?

Комментарий от SanSan

Comes with a rather prominent bright orange glow of its own.

Комментарий от ganellone

Are you seriously trying to use Clive Cussler as a reference point?

Комментарий от ganellone

Anukan ... Are you seriously trying to use Clive Cussler as a reference point?

Комментарий от Anukan

Anukan ... Are you seriously trying to use Clive Cussler as a reference point?

Who?, Me?... How so?

Комментарий от Aneeq

Simple yet beautiful. It really does look like an epic blade eventhough it looks so simple.

Комментарий от Waerjak

The way I understand it, you could dig it up twice on one character only after having dug up all the other rare artifacts in that particular branch (In this case, the Tol'vir), after which you once again have a chance at getting a random rare artifact. I'm thinking that whether you level archaeology on two characters just for the chance at two of these swords, or you keep searching for Tol'vir artifacts until you get it twice on one character, it wouldn't be worth it. All that time spent looking for a needle in a haystack would be far better spent doing things like... jumping off really tall buildings or starting an evil cult.

Комментарий от mercutiouk

I know it's purely a bit of fun or whatever but it IS a bit of a shame this wasn't an axe. Would then be useful for all melee classes. As the step up to raiding this time is a bit harder this would have helped quite a lot.

Not a QQ but it would have been nice :) I guess my rogue (old main) approves although shammy (new main) is looking kinda sad tho :( .

Комментарий от Nyito

As neat as the blade is, I do wish it had some combination of hit, mastery or expertise instead. As it stands it's really only useful one half of a spec of one class; SMF Fury warriors. You could get away with using it as a Prot Pally or Warrior, but as the 3 stats listed above are equally useful for DPS and tanks, it just makes sense to me to make such a rare weapon have greater usage all around, since it can't just be sold to someone who can use it.

Edit: I should qualify that a bit by saying that while it being BoA does mitigate that somewhat; so long as you have an SMF warrior, you will get use out of it, I don't believe it invalidates my point that hybrid tank/DPS stats like above would have been a better choice.

Комментарий от Silicis

This a great tanking wep to start with if you can get your hands on one. Also, correct me if I am wrong, but you can reforge the 2nd stats to better match tanking. Though I agree with the post that they should have ran with stats for both. So far 1H fury is fail.

Комментарий от drummerthing

I never knew crit and haste were good tanking stats. Tanks were given Vengeance to help with threat, so tanks don't really need dps stats.

Комментарий от bestonearound

Even though there is str on this weapon, several theory crafting sites are reporting this is the 2nd bis sword (pre-raid) for combat rogue. The first is the token cata krol blade (which you will pay through the you know what for making it not really worth it IF you can find it). Another option is the mace from heroic stonecore, if you swing that macey way.

Комментарий от Azaguth

Aaaaaactually, it's not quite that simple. It's good for DW Frost DKs (and DW unholy!) but it's not great. Haste is an okay stat for the spec, but Crit (which the sword has) and Mastery (which it lacks) are superior to haste.

Wrong. DW Unholy places haste as a priority over most other secondary stats (barring hit up to the 8% soft cap). Haste both increases swing speed (which procs Sudden Doom more frequently, which, in turn, allows for dark transformation to proc more often) and also increases rune regeneration rate. For DW Unholy, this sword is very nice, as haste is valued above both crit AND mastery.

Комментарий от psaro

Has anyone actually had this come up yet for their Archeology?

So far i've seen a bunch of people say they got the ring (myself included), a bunch more say they got the scarab on use item, and a few say the mount scepter. I've yet to find record of anyone getting this so far.

Комментарий от blupache

Don't go for this weapon thinking it'll be at all quick.

I found that I got the pre-85 rares quite rapidly while I was leveling up archaeology, so I assumed that with a bit of commitment most of the 85 rares would come along similarly rapidly. Probably true of the night elf caster trinket - over 50% of the sites on Kalimdor are night elf - but for the Tol'vir rares it's like pulling teeth.

I'm currently coming around to 24 hours of /played time while at 525 archaeology, purely trying to get this sword. You'll need quite a lot of persistence + luck. From a time spent perspective for one character, you'd probably be better off grinding conquest points for a PVP weapon or grinding money for a BoE.

Комментарий от Vani

I currently solved 30 of tol'vir artifact on my main , still no sword - but i got the ring . As people posted here , i too can add that it requires you to be really really patient to get this baby on your hands :)

Комментарий от tytucke

An interesting note to any Sword Dual Wielding DPS, seeing how this is not a Unique weapon you could potentially find it on two different toons and dual wield this. Is that worth the time? Not sure but who wouldn't want to dual wield two flaming swords!

Комментарий от PhoenixUnity07

This sword reminds me of Trueflame from Morrowind Tribunal.

Комментарий от Salaterez

Riding through the desert on a horse with no name...

Комментарий от Uberbane

Just got this sword... Tol'Vir Artifact #27.

Комментарий от POINGjam

A-way out here they've got a name for rain and wind and fire.The rain is Tess, the fire's Jo, and they call the wind Mariah.

Комментарий от eclavdra

Would be great for it to have a proc for Fire damage. And don't say it's impossible to balance - if it was the case, they wouldn't add Avalanche enchant.

Комментарий от Valiska

Possible Reference to DnD/NwN?

The NwN game had a Scimitar named 'Desert Wind' - Covered in blazing flames. =)

Комментарий от azshari

qibli - قبليor qabali like we saidmean 'Horde'

Комментарий от FireKatKid

I'm currently on this project at the moment (Whoo increased Tol'vir spawns by a mega ton), would you say this is a decent fresh 85 Paladin tank weapon?

Комментарий от Rexican

Agreed. I had 5 spawns. One after another this morning. The patch must have increased the Uldum dig sites RGN stats.

Комментарий от dorkino

Patch added 7 new Uldum digsites.

Комментарий от dorkino

Patch added 7 new Uldum digsites.

Комментарий от Pitikoo

How will this look with a DK frosty runeforge :)) lol. But sux that there is no variant for agility one for rogues :(

Комментарий от Copybass

This weapon is too slow to be a fresh Paladin weapon, really... I mean, you could use it for a short time, but you want fast weapons, so replace it at the first good 346 1h you can find.

Комментарий от Timeforfun

Procced as my 152. Tol'vir artifact.

Started digging at Kalimdor as soon as i reached 450skill.In the first 20 solve i got the scarab pendant and the ring after the minipet at my 77. artifactHere is my solve list:

Dont forget it's just RNG it can pop up anytime after u reached the 525skill in archaeologyJust keep it up the hard work u will get it hopefully soon or a bit later:)

Комментарий от TheYellowKing

What is the point of this sword? Since it has warrior stats, I see no reason for a rogue to use it.

Комментарий от Timeforfun

It's a warrior or a dk dps weapon.But i think its easier to farm or buy the Клинок души.

Комментарий от rokozo

Got it on my 109th solve. Was my third Tol'vir rare, in order it was like this:

Ring --> Pendant --> Sword

Good luck to anyone chasing this beauty!

Комментарий от alynatrill

Obviously too late to answer the above poster's question but for future reference, paladins want hit/mastery/avoidance on their weapons so this certainly is not a starting tank weapon. Try getting Палица из преображенной кости or Солнечная молния as a starting tank weapon.

Комментарий от sienko

is it possible to loot this twice with the same toon?

Комментарий от ThosewhogoNI

not neccicarilly true, there are plenty of non-tank 1-handers w/str, could just be your luck, or that you arn't trying hard enough to get somthing better for your char, or that you just have a life:P

Комментарий от narwaana

the bis (pre-hc magmaw) weapon for SMF, since it got more crit than Lava spine.

Комментарий от witteafval

Tanks don't use haste since all their abilities are instant-cast, so if you want to tank with it reforge the hast into a useful stat like mastery.

Комментарий от Arucad

Started building this as my 91st Tol'Vir artifact.Still going for the mount, but I think it's good if people share when they got their epic and after how many artifacts.

Комментарий от Icewave

You cant find two in the same account since the epic items can only be found once :). The BoA ones that is! at least thats what i was told :D i may be wrong!

Комментарий от Crakzor

60th solve 5/6 rares

ring>pendant>pet>staff>sword

cmoon mount pop4me

Комментарий от Bansidh

Wielded by the man riding through the desert on a horse with no name.

Комментарий от Shamasopally

Personally I feel that the look could have been more like an Egyption Khopesh, or sickle-sword, as its tool tip image seems to indicate.

Комментарий от Crimsonlord

You see those warriors from Tol'vir? They’ve got curved swords. Curved. Swords.

Комментарий от dkfreak1

Is it me that is crazy or does this got a pretty nice flame effect compared to the old Pre-tbc enchant? Also.. Its a sword of wind and yet got a flame on it o.0?

Комментарий от stradivarius84

Here follows a list of swords with glows or effects that will override weapon enchants.Please feel free to suggest additions or changes to the list. I would like to give credit to Töki on blizz forums for suplying a very good list of weapons.

Комментарий от Kemaria

The little hunter's hands shook slightly in excitement as she gathered the Tol’vir fragments from the hot Uldum sands. At last, at last, she had found it! Months ago, she’d vowed never to return to archaeology after finding the long-sought Vial of the Sands recipe, but that was before a conversation she’d had with a little rogue friend of hers. The rogue had told her about the rare and mysterious Scimitar of the Sirocco, a flaming sword that could be found only by digging in Uldum and gathering Tol'vir artifact fragments. When asked why she wanted it, the rogue gushed, "It's so shiny!"

Stifling a smile, the little hunter had wished her luck in her search. “I know what it’s like to search for a rare item, and I hope you find it quickly.”

The little rogue looked down and scuffed the toe of her boot in the ground. “Well… I was hoping you could find it for me.”

The little hunter blinked in amazement. “Why me? D'you know how much time I've spent doing archaeology? It’s time for you to get your fingernails dirty, my friend!”

But the little rogue persisted. The little hunter had already found more Tol’vir rare artifacts than the rogue, all but the sword and staff: thus, it made more sense for the hunter to keep digging. They both knew that due to the mysterious and magical nature of archaeology, each rare could only be found once by each searcher, so the hunter had a better head start. “And we’re family,” the little rogue pleaded. “We trade materials to help each other out. How many times have I given you embersilk cloth for your tailoring endeavors? And you gave me the potion so I could learn how to turn myself into a dragon, and… well, okay, I still owe you for that, actually, but… I gave you the Steam Tonk Controller. That was fun, right?”

The little hunter sighed and put her palm over her face. “If I search for it, I swear, this is the favor to end all favors. By the light of Azeroth, if you ever-”

“Oh, I know, I know,” the little rogue hastily assured her. “I just want this sword. Nothing else. So if you happen to find the Staff of Ammunae first, hey, it’s all yours.”

The little hunter pondered a moment. Her friend had a point. That was the great thing about being a hunter: she loved how everything could be a hunter weapon. And that staff was rather pretty… “Very well,” she said decidedly. “I will find your sword.”

As the hours turned into days, and the days into weeks, and the weeks into months, the little hunter had bitterly regretted being so generous. Many were the times that she cursed the amount of Night Elf digsites, wondering why she had to search for Night Elf artifacts at all when she only wanted Tol’vir digsites. Fossil digsites were also a thorn in her side, but thankfully she found fewer fossil sites after putting together the final rare artifact, Extinct Turtle Shell. She still received a frustrating amount of Night Elf sites, but it was bearable, and her chances of getting Tol’vir sites were definitely increased.

And now, the magic had finally worked for her, not against her. On her 151st solve, she’d pieced together yet another Sketch of a Desert Palace (seriously? How many desert palaces could there be, and why were all the artists so terrible?), and there it was. The magic told her that her next item was the Scimitar of the Sirocco - it had appeared far sooner than she'd dared to hope. It took a few seconds for it to sink into the little hunter’s brain, as she was so used to the continual disappointment sent by the RNG, the viciously unpredictable Random Number Gods, who presided over those practicing archaeology. Then, deliriously happy, the little hunter sped around Kalimdor, getting the last few Night Elf digsites out of the way and now here she was, piecing together the final necessary Tol’vir fragments to create the glowing sword.

If the little hunter was happy, so was the little rogue. She used a type of transmogrification magic to make her current sword look identical to the scimitar, and pranced around in Orgrimmar, admiring the fiery trail that streaked from the glowing blade. They both agreed it was even better than the pictures they'd seen of it, and the sweeping trails the weapon left when swung around were remarkably pleasing to the eye. Others nearby also commented on the visual effects of the weapon, much to the little rogue’s delight. “It was totally worth the wait!” she crowed, doing some practice jabs and swooshes with the sword. The little hunter rolled her eyes in tolerant amusement, wished her friend well, and headed off to the nearest inn for some food.

She felt giddy with freedom as she sauntered along the dusty street with her spirit cat prowling at her side and chasing the occasional spiny lizard. Free of the archaeology grind, she could go anywhere, do anything, seek any adventure she wanted! The whole world was at her feet! It was a brand new day on Azeroth! She could-

“My friend, I hear you’re quite accomplished in archaeology.” Someone tugged at her sleeve, and the little hunter turned to see a little paladin she knew gazing hopefully at her. “I hear you just found the Scimitar of the Sirocco for our rogue friend.”

The little hunter opened and shut her mouth, speechless with dread.

“There’s a sword, you see, called Zin’rokh, Destroyer of Worlds, which was made by trolls,” the little paladin continued in a beseeching tone of voice. “I really, really want it, and you’re much further along in archaeology than me. You’ve already found a few rare troll artifacts, and I haven’t found any. And we’re friends, we share everything, right? I make gems and glyphs for you all the time. I just really want that sword...”

It was a brand new day on Azeroth, all right. And the little hunter knew exactly how she'd be spending it.

Is it not time this was done for the lvl 85 ones? Almost all are outclassed by Mists greens now and would never be equipped at 85 - although this one still is awesome for transmog.

Show us some archaeology love Blizz

Комментарий от Kre8ive

What's this look like sheathed? Is it a back equip or waist and if it's dual wielded do they both appear on the waist (if it's a waist weapon ofc)

Комментарий от ProfessorUmar

This item appeared as my 1114th Tol'vir solve and 5253rd solve overall. I got it after Staff of Ammunae.

Комментарий от AuthorFrost

There is one big reason you should take the time to grind out this blade. And that's the fact that the glow on the blades is the brightest weapon effect in the entire game. Stand still and you don't even see the sword anymore, it's just one big sword-shaped mass of pure energy. Run around and you trail fire.

Anyone who dual wields these through transmog becomes a one-man rave.

Комментарий от saurabhmalve

Blizzard took the phrase "Old is Gold" way too seriously!

Комментарий от latteine

The fire effect on this thing with particle effects on Ultra is insane.

Комментарий от Jhealik

750+ solves and still no Scimitar of the Sirocco... I'm 5/6 rare Tol'Vir artifacts, the 5th was the mount and it felt like forever to get it, it was my 440th solve... and now 750+ and still no Scimitar, keep digging !

Комментарий от Ghaoithe

997 solves across three characters (main one is at 919). Still no sword. This is, by far, the worst grind I have ever experienced in the game but I need it out of spite at this point.

Комментарий от Juiceifer

Now that the Legion prepatch is here, the glow effect on this weapon seems to have been reduced significantly, which is disappointing.

Комментарий от gfz1306

After 5 years of freakin mindless farming i finally got this.... jesus christ in the end i just wanted it out of spite for having spent so much time on it. Giving a number for how many solves i've done is not rly possible for me, but it's a few thousand